Professional Secrets for Photographing Children [Paperback]

Douglas Allen Box (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1999

Photographing children can be a challenge, requiring patience and a healthy dose of playfulness. This book works through nearly 60 images, providing lighting diagrams and step-by-step instructions for using poses, props, and backgrounds that help make photographing children much easier. Tips are given on how to choose clothing that best focuses the viewer's attention on the child, photographic techniques used to capture images, and psychology used when working with children, such as never scheduling a portrait session near nap or mealtimes. Included are tips for use of light meters and lighting, outdoor situations and special occasion photography.

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About the Author

Douglas Allen Box lectures extensively on photographing children, weddings, and portraiture and is the author of Professional Secrets of Wedding Photography and Natural Light Portrait Photography. He lives in Caldwell, Texas.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Amherst Media (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936262761
• ISBN-13: 978-0936262765
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,730,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Doug Box

Master.Photographer
Photographic Craftsman
Certified Professional Photographer

He is the owner of ProPhotogs.com, a photographic forum with an educational leg for all levels of portrait and wedding photographers.And the Texas Photographic Workshops, an internationally recognized educational facility where he and his wife LaVelda host photographers from around the country teaching all levels of photography.

Doug has taught at seminars and conventions in 47 states in the U.S. plus Canada, Mexico, Scotland, Wales, England, China, Ireland and on 5 cruise ships. He was chosen to teach at the International Wedding Institute and has taught at 18 different PPA Affiliate week-long schools. He is one of only 20 Kodak Mentors. He is only one of four people in the history of PPA to earn over 1,000 PPA Merits and is an invited member of the prestigious CameraCrafstmen group, one of only 40 in the world.

He is Past President of Texas Professional Photographers Assoc. and currently the Executive Director of TPPA. He has served as Executive Director ASP (American Society of Photographers), Published ASP Magazine, and is currently on the Board of the Professional Photographers of America.


He is an award winning photographer who has owned very successful studios in Houston, Brenham and now Caldwell.

His articles and images have graced the pages of most professional photographic publications. He is the author of "The Power of Business" marketing systems and
has written several books including "Professional Secrets of Children's Photography", "Professional Secrets of Photographing Weddings", "Natural Light Photography" and "Posing for Portrait Photographers", and soon a book on Off Camera Flash published by Amherst Publishing.

His students claim Doug is the cross between an stand up comedian and a Baptist
preacher. He is one the most fun and easy to learn from instructor you will ever encounter.
You can contact Doug at [e-mail]

www.DougBox.com
www.ProPhotogs.com
www.DougBoxPhotography.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely a good resource, May 3, 2000

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S. G. Lorenz (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professional Secrets for Photographing Children (Paperback)

While this book certainly has a lot of good nuggets, it doesn't quite measure up to the "gold standard" of Vic Orenstein. Nonetheless, as an amateur child photographer who is trying to glean as much info as possible, I definitely got a lot out of Box's discussion of techniques. He basically presents 50 of his photos, and tells the "story" of how he shot each one, complete with lighting diagrams and how he interacted with the kids. Also very helpful is his resource section at the end which gives contact info for his favorite vendors of photo supplies and accessories.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Professional Secrets for Photographing Children, July 3, 2000

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Denise Clay (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional Secrets for Photographing Children (Paperback)

The most inspirational photography book I have read. This book is the manual for all photographers who desire to create heirloom style portraits of children instead of the standard studio shots. Doug has filled the book full of photographs and the necessary information to produce such lovely imagery. Through out the book, Doug has included helpful hints on how to get the results you want while working with children. This book will be a reference of mine for years to come.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's second to another book, January 29, 2000

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Amy Ayers - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional Secrets for Photographing Children (Paperback)

Although this book was very informative and contained interesting photographs with descriptions and techniques used, I prefer Vik Orenstein's "Creative Techniques for Photographing Children". I think Box's book is a great read, but if I had to choose between the two, I'd go with Orenstein's book. Don't let the hand-colored bit scare you off - the book is about photography and the hand coloring is not a big part of the book.